Sam Gruet Business reporter Getty Images Airlines in the US alone made $7.27bn from check-in luggage fees last year With Air Canada and Southwest the latest airlines to charge passengers for check-in luggage, the ballooning cost of such ancillary or “junk fees” is provoking anger among politicians and consumer groups. At the same time, sales…
When the LG G5 OLED TV was announced at CES 2025, you would have struggled to remove the Cheshire Cat grin from my face. The G5’s introduction of a new panel type, which promised vastly improved picture quality, had me beyond giddy with excitement. And our LG G5 review supports this, taking over from where…
Star and planet formation has largely been considered separate, sequential processes. But in a new study, scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have modeled a different scenario where planets start developing early — during the final stages of stellar formation — rather than after this phase ends, as previously assumed. Among the many thousands of…
In April, book authors and publishers protested Meta’s use of copyrighted books to train AI Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News Billions of dollars are at stake as courts in the US and UK decide whether tech companies can legally train their artificial intelligence models on copyrighted books. Authors and publishers have filed multiple lawsuits over this…
Netgear’s Exium acquisition targets SMEs with powerful all-in-one security Traditional VPNs may vanish as Netgear pushes SASE into its next-gen business offering Netgear’s hardware gets smarter, bundling security directly into routers for out-of-the-box protection Netgear has entered the business cybersecurity market by acquiring Exium, a company specializing in secure cloud-based networking. The company says the…
Police crime procedurals are among the most popular genres on TV. Audiences around the world love a good whodunnit for a touch of gritty drama, good-vs-bad adventure and guess-along puzzle-solving. But how much do they reflect reality? Often, argues Carol Rogers, who is the lead scientist for sexual offences at the Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services,…
Today we’re launching a totally new, totally different app. Meet Orion. Orion is a small, fun app that helps you use your iPad as an external HDMI display for any camera, video game console, or even VHS. Just plug in one of the bajillion inexpensive adapters, and Orion handles the rest. But wait — we’re a…
Tom Gerken Technology reporter Peter Gillibrand Newsbeat reporter Watch: Fans queue overnight for the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 The Nintendo Switch 2 has been released worldwide, with stores opening at midnight so fans could get their hands on the long-awaited console the moment it became available. Some shops have the devices available to…
Watch: How Trump and Musk’s fall out played out in real time Investors sold off shares in Tesla on Thursday, as tensions erupted between boss Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump. Shares in the electric car company dropped 14%, wiping out roughly $150bn in market value in one of the worst days in months….
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service Bloomberg via Getty Images The Marks & Spencer hackers sent an abuse-filled email directly to the retailer’s boss gloating about what they had done and demanding payment, BBC News has learnt. The message to M&S CEO Stuart Machin – which was in broken English – was sent on…
